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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

..., created a concerning impact on the landscape and led to a transfer of millions of euro from Ireland’s citizens to large multinationals each year through the public service obligation, PSO, levy. There are alternatives. The cost of other technologies continues to decrease. Solar energy is now the cheapest form of renewable energy after onshore wind power. Ireland’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

...significant investments in green technologies, state of the art processing equipment and lean manufacturing to drive energy efficiencies. The dairy sector was an early adaptor of combined heat and power and it is committed to continuous improvements in energy usage, water usage and waste management. On 24 January, ICOS published a report on climate change following work undertaken by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

...have to look at what happened with miscanthus. Farmers will have to get better guarantees that if they go into this enterprise, commitments will be delivered. I have two points on biogas and solar power. Mr. Cooney mentioned the feed-in tariff. These projects will have to be made economically viable for people who get involved in them. Commitments must be made to those who get...